Purchase of Own Securities

GUS PLC
25 September 2002


                                    GUS plc


                           PURCHASE OF OWN SECURITIES

GUS plc announces that on 24 September 2002 it purchased for cancellation
190,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 470.08p per share through Merrill
Lynch International.


Enquiries:

Finsbury
Rollo Head                 020 7251 3801
Jenna Littler


                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange